Sandbagger?

Heavy Bag said:
I was in the beginner 180-200 division. I have only been training 8 1/2 months. I won two matches by submission and lost the 3rd on points. I'm pretty sure 3 of the 4 guys that medaled have been training for a long long time, lol. I heard before I even did this tourney that sandbagging was rampant in it, but whatever. I still think I should have beaten the schmuck that beat me, I don't care how long he's been training. I felt superior and fell into his game. Live and learn....
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Good Job on the Wins bro
 
irc said:
LOL. Tell you what. I watched the beginner division, and there were some extremely talented grappler's in there. NO WAY they were beginner level, and NO WAY they could get that good in under a a year or year and a half. I have been grappling just about evetyday for a year and a half, am a blue that can regularly hang with purples and some browns, and I entered the intermediate division. I got UTTERLY OWNED by the guy that won the division. Not saying he was sandbagging, but honestly he seemed to way outclass the whole division.
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It sucks but such is life I'm afraid.

I rolled with a green belt at Fight Zone Copacabana last year who's probably blue now on account of turnub 17.

He was legit high purple to low brown.
He's gonna be a devastating blue.
 
RoyMunson said:
Donnie Liles won division 14 for intermediate and he fights in the IFL
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Yeah dude, that's him - the guy I was talking about.

EDIT: Here's his resume:

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=12249

So, this guy enters the intermediate division - supposed to be less than 3 years total grappling experience. Well, now I guess I will go ahead and call him a damn sandbagger. I do feel better about being so badly owned by him, though.

Such bullshit.
 
Sometimes guys, you really gotta be careful who you're calling a sandbagger though. Sometimes guys just progress at different speeds at different levels of their game, or get lucky with a few techniques in a tourney. After my first two matches in this tournament, guys were expecting me to win and I was hearing whispers of how long I've been training. I've only been at it for 8 1/2 months, only entered 1 other tournament and was in a 0-18 month experience class and guys were still wondering if I was sandbagging. That's BS.
 
irc said:
Yeah dude, that's him - the guy I was talking about.

EDIT: Here's his resume:

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=12249

So, this guy enters the intermediate division - supposed to be less than 3 years total grappling experience. Well, now I guess I will go ahead and call him a damn sandbagger. I do feel better about being so badly owned by him, though.

Such bullshit.
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Wow, that's pretty fucked up. My favorites are the former college wrestlers that have been training BJJ for a year and enter the beginner divisions at these things. Always gives me a chuckle.
 
irc said:
LOL. Tell you what. I watched the beginner division, and there were some extremely talented grappler's in there. NO WAY they were beginner level, and NO WAY they could get that good in under a a year or year and a half. I have been grappling just about evetyday for a year and a half, am a blue that can regularly hang with purples and some browns, and I entered the intermediate division. I got UTTERLY OWNED by the guy that won the division. Not saying he was sandbagging, but honestly he seemed to way outclass the whole division.
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irc said:
LOL. Tell you what. I watched the beginner division, and there were some extremely talented grappler's in there. NO WAY they were beginner level, and NO WAY they could get that good in under a a year or year and a half. I have been grappling just about evetyday for a year and a half, am a blue that can regularly hang with purples and some browns, and I entered the intermediate division. I got UTTERLY OWNED by the guy that won the division. Not saying he was sandbagging, but honestly he seemed to way outclass the whole division.
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lol I competed in a beginner nogi and faced a college wrestler with bjj training...I just don't get the point in sandbagging and what do their instructors think of it?
 
irc said:
Yeah dude, that's him - the guy I was talking about.

EDIT: Here's his resume:

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=12249

So, this guy enters the intermediate division - supposed to be less than 3 years total grappling experience. Well, now I guess I will go ahead and call him a damn sandbagger. I do feel better about being so badly owned by him, though.

Such bullshit.
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LOL. He had his first sub win in MMA more than 3 years ago!!:rolleyes::rolleyes:

WTF? Was that a lucky sub or what?
 
The divisions less than expert are just contests to see which instructor sandbags the best.
 
Thats why I compete in advanced. I hope most of the guys sandbag giving me a shot at winning a weakened advanced.:D

No, I do compete in advance but I do it more to gauge myself. And its nice going not worring if someone is sandbagging, because everyone is better than me in that division.:redface:
 
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